Signal



Feb. 7, 1933.

E. B. JONES SIGNAL Filed May 27 JZTB. @7108 Patented Feb. 7, 19 33 EDWIN.-.B.. JQNES,..OF. .ELMIRA,..NEW YORK ISIGNAL V Application nid uay 27,

This rinventionr 'ai-mslxto: provide; signal adapted. itol'lbei mounted; 011513113. autor fon'ithe :purplose ,oteenablingthe: drivergoiitheaauto A301 convey ihisj-intentions relative'tcx proceed- 5; ingstraight aheadg-making might hand turn, 1 orqmaki-ng a lfthand turn; 1it being possible :Eorqtheifdriven .tOIhZLVBbQthi \hands: tree,- :ifiOI' 513.116 control of: theqcar after {the -signaltrhas .gbeensetgthe construction-being such that the .gsignal-amayubeiused on. aclosed car wizthnthe s'slidable paneltof the. caradoorxeither=;op.en or closed.

Another object ot. the invention -.is -to; provide a device of the class described "which can-be made cheaply out of sheet-metal, and .still have the. requisite strength.

A further object of theinvention is, to;provide novel means forboperating the signal is arms.

It. isxvvithin the province of the;disclosu re .to-irnprove generallyrand to enhance-theutilityeofsdevices of that type to wvhichthein- :vention: appertains.

.With the above and other objects in View, owhichvwill' appear as: the descriptionpro- .oeeds,-. the-invention resides in the'combination and; arrangement of parts and 'in themletails .of construction rhereinaf-ter described and claimed, it being understood: that changes inthe; precise embodiment of the invention herein xdisc'losed, may be: made :Within the scope of Whatis claimed withoutdeparting from the spirit; of the invention.

Inzthe; accompanying: drawing Fig. 1,-'ShOWS in elevation, a portion of. a door. oi an. automolo'ile,= whereon the. device tormingthe subject matter of thiswapplication :is mounted;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the device,:detached from the door;

is .a Vertical secti0n,.-wherein part-s remain. in elevation, the view showing. the v devicein place on the car door; 7

Fig.-t is-a bottom plan of the article, de- .;tached.from thedoor. I

Thenumeral lmarks a portion-0f the ,body of. an auto, carrying the. usual hinged? door .2. Theistiles of thedoor Qiare marked-by ,the top.- raiL ofa the-door. fEherearergrooves the, numeral 3, and the numeral-.4 Edesignatesx 1 r932. -Sertal No'. 614,020.

2 5inr the innerr-edges of :the stiles and in 1 these.- grooves,--. a-glass. panel -'6 :is mounted for r verticaL- sliding movement. "ZThe' foregoing describes anzordinaryy-automobile :construcl tion, forvvhich no, .nov'eltyis. claimed; saving imso. far as the parts specifiedmay co- -..operate.\W-ith ,parts ehereinazfter;described. "The ;device iorming. thesuloj ect: matter of this. application preferably is.made of sheet --met al-.'thronghout. It includes; a -=brack et" xplatel having a ';hole..8. .--.The. bracket plate 7. .is' extended crosswise. ot the. lower; edge ,of thetop rail 4; ofthex door. 2, .andis connected :to the rail l screW. 9,--:or. other. securing .-.element; mounted in.- the ,holeS-ofthe. bracket ,plateg 'g-Qnrthe. inner. end ofilthe bracketiplate 7 there is an upstanding, rectangular-1y. dis- .posed .fiange.1(),..vvhich.is secured. to the inner side of the.-.t op. rail. 4 otfthefdoor 2 ,by :one .ormore screws 11.0r. other.securingaelementsnlThe hracketplate Tex-tends.outwardlyvwith :respect. to.fthe..door. 2,1;a1id; in the/router. .end .ofthebracket plateithere. is.a notch 12'. TIE-he .material set slfree: in I,.'the formation of the .;notch l2is turned. iupwardly, to .form, a. stop .14, .arpanged. at right. angles .toi theibrac-ket .lplatef Signal arms15 and 16. are provided. These :signal arms 15...and' 16 may-be of any desired :shape. It issuggested that they... be soima'de .that,-'When.- taken. together; :as'. shown, .ini'. Eig. 1, they willzassume.thegeneralfshape oian arrow, the broadend: end 17.- of. thearm. 15 being the-headaof the arrow, and the broadenedend. 18.:of. the arm- 16 being thenotched .:.tail of thearrow. .The. end; -portions17 and ,18' ofthe signalarms. 15 and. 16,.are provided ontheir opposite sideswiith:signalingldevices .jl9, ?of..any :desired. construction. .LIt is?s1;1g

,v-gestedthat these. ,signalingJdeVicesmay' Joe 9 colored. glass .buttons, .adapted. to. he. illumimated -by.-,the. lamps 'so f approaching vehicles. s'lihesignahanm 115, shown im -outstanding. po-

-. sitionin Fig. z3,1'sused to rindicatea left; turn,

- sand iteis suggested.thatthe-button l9z1ofi-the" -.-signaL arm 15. Joe red. -Wh'en the rsignalnarm 16 is turned out at right anglesL-tmthenar,

- to-assume-the .pesitionzoccupied hy.thesignal :armlz 15:. otrFig. 53,11111315uH198J1S. that a; right hand turn is to be made. Thesi-gnali-ngl-deu 2 bracket plate 7, a yoke strip 29, shownbest vice 19 of the arm 16 may be green. The colors of the signaling devices, however, may be left to the manufacturer.

The signal arms 15 and 16 have reduced shanks 20, provided with inwardly extended, rectangularly disposed flanges 21, which are as long as the shanks 20. The flanges -21 reenforee the shanks 20, and they form a means whereby the signal arms 15 and 16 may be conveniently pivoted upon the outer end of the bracket plate 7. Pivot elements 22 connect the flanges 21 of the signal arms with the outer end of the bracket plate 7, the construction being such that the signal arms,

1 happens to swing both of the signal arms 15 and 16 outwardly, atonce, into a position at right angles to the car, as in Fig. 3, the signaling devices 19 of the arms 15 and 16 will not knock together and become broken or nicked, the signaling devices '19 being generally made of glass.

The means for swinging the signal arms 15 and 16 inwardly and outwardly may be of any desired construction. Thus, the outer ends of links 23 may be pivoted at 24 to the flanges 21 of the signal arms, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner ends of the links 23 are pivoted at 25 to levers 26, which may 'be of triangular form, for the sake of strength, since the levers, like the other parts of the device, are made of sheet metal. For the further reenforcement and strengthening of the levers 26, they are provided upon their outer edges, with downwardly extended, rectangularly disposed flanges 27. The fulcra for the levers 26 maybe rivets 28 or the like, mounted in the inner end of the bracket plate 7.' The rivets 28 hold in place, on the in Fig. 4. The levers 26 swing, on their fulcra 28, between the yokestrip 29 and the inner end of the bracket plate 7, as Fig. 3 will show, the yoke strip being located below the bracket plate 7. The yoke strip 29 aids in forming a secure and substantial mounting for the levers 26. The outer ends of the flanges 27 of the levers 26 are slit inwardly a little way, and the material is bent outwardly in opposite directions, to form finger pieces 30, facilitating the manipulation of the levers 26. 1

The numeral 31 indicates a pull spring,

having its ends connected to the flanges 27 of the'levers 26.

The operator can swing either of the le'= vers 26, and the corresponding link 23 will swing the corresponding signal arm 15 or 16 outwardly, to a position at right angles to the car, as shown in Fig. 3, the signal arm 15 designating a left turn, and the signal arm 16 designating a right turn. The spring 31 is so locatedwith respect to the fulcra 28 of the levers 26, that when either of the arms 15 and 16 is parallel to the car, as shown in connectionwith the arm 16 in Fig. 4, the end of the spring that is connected to the lever 26 that operates that particular arm, will be behind the fulcrum 28 of that lever, as shown at the left hand side of Fig. 4. The tendency of the spring 31 then is to hold the arm,.specifically the arm 16 of Fig. 4, in parallelrelation to the car. When, however, either signal arm, for instance the signal arm 15 of Fig. 4, is swung outwardly to a position substantially at right angles to the car, then the point of connection between the spring 31 and the lever 26 which operates the signal 15, will be outwardly or in front of the fulcrum 28 of the lever, as shown at the right hand side of Fig. 4, and the tendency of the spring 31 then will be to hold the signal arm in'the outstanding position disclosed at the right hand'side of Fig. 4.

V Thesignalarms 15 and 16 can be operated regardless of whether the panel 6 in the door 2 is open or closed. The parts of the signaling device are made of sheet metal, and are thin enough so that when the panel 6 is shoved up against the bottom of the bracket plate 7, the space between the upper edge of the panel 6, and the lower edge of the top rail 4 will not amount to anything, so

far as letting in rain or wind is concerned.

The device, therefore, although capable of being operated from-inside of the car, does not prevent a substantial closing of the car, and it is unnecessary to make slots or openingsin the frame work of the car, for the accommodation of the signaling mechanism. It may be noted, referring particularly to Fig. '3, that in mounting the-bracket plate 7 on the door of the car, there are no fastening devices which are visible from the.

outside of the car, and the appearance of the car is not rendered objectionable by nails or screws showing on theoutside of the car.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: i

1. The combination with 'a vehicle includ ing a frame embodying a cross bar and a panel slidablein the frame toward and away from the cross bar, of a thin sheet-metal plate secured in contact with the inner edge ner edge of the cross bar, the plate and the Operating means being of substantially the same thickness, and being in the same plane where they pass across the upper edge of the panel, and being thin enough so that the panel can be moved to a practically closed position with respect to the cross bar.

2. A signal for autos, comprising a bracket, signal arms pivoted at their inner ends to the outer end of the bracket, levers fulcrumed at their inner ends on the inner end of the bracket and havin their outer ends projecting beyond the brac et, the outer ends of the levers being free, to form handles, links pivoted to the signal arms, intermediate the ends of the signal arms, and means for pivoting the links to the levers at points between the fulcrumed and handle ends of the levers.

8. A signal for autos, comprising a bracket, independently-movable signal arms pivoted at their adjacent ends to the outer end of the bracket, one signal arm being constructed to represent the head of an arrow, and the other signal arm being constructed to represent the tail of an arrow, and means mounted on the inner portion of the bracket for manipulating the signal arms.

4. In a signal for autos, a bracket having a single stop at its outer end, signal arms pivoted to the bracket on opposite sides of the stop and outwardly thereof, and adapted to engage at their inner edges with the stop, to dispose the arms in outstanding relation to the bracket, and means mounted on the inner end of the bracket for operating the signal arms one at a time.

5. A signal for autos, comprising a bracket, a single stop on, the outer end of the bracket, signal arms, pivot elements connecting the signal arms to the outer end of the bracket on opposite sides of the stop, signaling devices on the signal arms and projecting laterally therefrom, and means assembled with the signal arms and with the inner portion of the bracket, for operating the arms, the inner edges of the arms being engageable with the stop to hold the arms in outstanding relation with respect to the bracket, the pivot elements being so located,

and the stop being of such width as to prevent the signaling devices on the arms from knocking together, if both arms happen to be swung outwardly at once.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature.

EDWIN B. JONES. 

